Colombia undertaker launches ghostly census
Colombia undertaker launches ghostly census
A Medellin undertaker has taken his craft to the next level by launching a “ghostly census” in Colombia’s second-largest city, where his workers have so far compiled 215 spirits, 23 in pictures and videos.
Colombia undertaker launches ghostly census
“It’s beyond question that many of the city’s buildings and homes have ghosts. For years, we’ve heard stories about them and we thought the time had come to approach, catalog and classify them through a census,” William Betancur told AFP.
The enterprising Betancur Funeral Home owner said he began the list a few weeks ago, sending “a team of four funeral parlour workers — properly attired in uniforms — to buildings” around Medellin, 245 kilometers (152 miles) northwest of the capital Bogota.
“They’ve reported back with 215 ghosts…. Our video and still cameras have captured 23,” he said with pride.
Anybody can report an otherworldly apparition, he said. “They just have to phone or email us (censofantasmas@hotmail.com) and depending on their physical manifestation — noises, sparkling light shows or images — that’s how they’ll be classified.”
And the ghost business seems to be catching on.
Betancur said he gets calls every day from people and companies “from Colombia and abroad” with offers on how to measure the “relationship between the ghost and the place he inhabits” and of state-of-the-art detection equipment.
The undertaker has a sound business model behind his haunted venture.
“Our plan is to take a year for the census…. Later we’re thinking of writing a book and, why not, doing a movie or documentary series.”
Betancur said he came on the idea of a “ghostly census” after clearly sensing his pet dog still going about his daily rounds at the funeral home — four months after he died.
from:http://news.ph.msn.com/top-stories/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4551356
By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 12/30/2010
Very interesting blog post! It is interesting to know that there are other beings occupying the spaces around us as well. Even though we cannot see them, we should always respect and believe in their existence.
This is cool! I guess it’s also good to know how many ghosts “neighbours” are around. They are “citizens” of Colombia too, hehe.
Very interesting for the Medellin caretaker in Columbia to extend his profession to doing censorship on ghosts starting with a count of 215 spirits and 23 in pictures and videos. I believe it to be true as I have encountered a few myself in my younger days. Either with hearing voices or seeing them. Its fantastic that someone can come up with idea of taking censorship of the existence of the dead by pictures or videos. This can turn into viable business too. To the superstitious Chinese they say do not play with spirits. Let the dead lie in peace.